The Sheep traveled to
Colorado Springs for the 4th year a row to compete in the annual
Make-A-Wish tournament. In pool play the Sheep went 2-1 defeating
Team Denver 11-2 and JTB 6-0. Despite getting up 2-0 on Team Brick,
the Sheep couldn't hold on and lost that game 3-7. The championship
game was between the two MN teams (Sheep and Team Brick). The Sheep
got on the board first with a goal from Megan Ogdahl to make the score
2-0. The Sheep played tough defense and kept Team Brick from scoring
until late in the game. Chris Gatti came up with two goals for Team
Brick to tie the game and send it into OT. The train whistle wasn't
enough in OT as Ira Hackner hit the pipe on a hand move and Patty Hegre
cleaned it up for the win. Megan Ogdahl was voted the MVP for the
coed tournament and Al Chapman got the "Nice Guy" award.
Thanks go out to the first time Sheep of 2003: Janis Stephan, Jenny
Legro, Dave Roust, Megan Ogdahl and Jeff Wall. You guys were
great! PARTY PARTY SHEEP! BAAAA!

Tournament
Stats

Games

Goals

Assists

Points/Game

Megan Ogdahl

4

2

4

1.5

Brian Leither

4

5

1.3

Jessi
Nikko

4

2

3

1.3

Janis Stephan

4

2

3

1.3

Andy Lancette

2

2

1.0

Jenny Legro

4

2

1

1.0

Matt
Lindquist

4

4

1.0

Jeff Wall

4

1

3

1.0

Ann
Novitske

4

3

0.8

Dave Roust

4

2

1

0.8

Al Chapman

4

2

0.5

Jodi
Grack

4

2

0.5

2003 Saint Paul Winter
Carnival, Third Place.

2003 marks the first year
the Sheep played in the winter carnival and also their best finish in a
tournament. The Sheep lost their first game to the Lot Sots
2-3. It was a close match with only a one goal difference at all
times. The Lot Sots went on to win the championship. The Sheep
beat Park Liquor 4-1. It was nice to play against familiar faces
(Megan, Jason, Jon, Terry). Game three was against Champps, the
number one seed from pool B. The Sheep turned on the offense and won
that game 5-3 to advance to the semi final game against Cory's
Clowns. The game was quite lopsided with the Sheep getting about 10
times the shots and controlling the ball for about 80% of the time.
The Sheep even had two power plays but were unable to convert.
Cory's Clowns went on to get crushed by the Lot Sots in the championship
game.

Brian was on fire and he
was fresh not having played in any men's games that weekend. He
tallied up 6 assists and 4 goals in the 4 games. Jodi also was able
to find the net 4 times and had one assist. Ann and Jessi also added
to the scoring with 2 and 1 goals respectively.

There
were 10 teams in this C level tournament and with the Sheep's 3rd place
finish, this was the best the Sheep have ever done is a C level
tournament. The Sheep took 3rd place in the state C level tournament
in 2000, but that tournament only had half as many teams. Everyone
played great and showed major improvement! AND we made sure to have
fun while we played! Our women were a major force and made a big
difference. Only the Lot Sots had women as good as the Sheep women.

In 2001 the Sheep traveled to Cold Spring, MN and competed in
the coed division of the Cabble tournament for the first time. The Sheep
had to play Torby's three times but ended up going 4-1 and took home the
trophy! The Sheep were the only traveling coed team at the tournament.

W 9-0 versus Cold Spring
Lanes

W 3-2 versus TC's

W 3-2 versus Torby's

L 2-3 versus Torby's

W 2-0 versus Torby's

Tournament Stats

Games

Goals

Assists

Points/Game

Brian Leither

5

9

1

2.0

Claudine Bodelson

5

2

5

1.4

Jodi Nikko

5

5

1.0

Matt Lindquist

5

2

3

1.0

Kayne Weiler

5

1

2

0.6

Neil Chaffee

5

1

0.2

Elissa Chaffee

5

0.0

Scott Dahl - goalie

5

0.0

Sue Leither

5

0.0

Andy Lancette

1

0.0

2000 Minnesota State Class C Coed 3rd Place

2000 Colorado Springs Make-A-Wish Team Spirit Award and Coed Second Place